Advice about family history research in Yorkshire, England. There are also specific references to Yorkshire-born folk, some of whom emigrated to Australia. Australian records (including very informative death certificates) may give details that are not available in the UK. Explore all the options in the tabs below, in the sidebar and at the bottom of the page, and on my main Web site.

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03 June 2014

The online British Newspaper Archive includes many Yorkshire newspapers. Recent additions include the Yorkshire Evening Post.

I have used newspapers to find birth, marriage, death and funeral notices, obituaries, and other articles that provide information and historical context for my family history. I usually start by searching for surnames, village names and relevant keywords such as 'accountant', 'carpenter' or 'inquest'.

The rapidly expanding collection of searchable digitised British newspapers is available on two sites: